Chemotherapy Drugs And Neurotoxicity
7/17/2013
Chemotherapy is one of the primary treatments for cancer. However, one of the most disturbing findings of recent studies of cancer survivors is the apparent prevalence of chemotherapy-associated adverse neurological effects, including vascular complications, seizures, mood disorders, cognitive dysfunctions, and peripheral neuropathies...
How The Heating Effect In Magnetic Hyperthermia Works As A Cancer Treatment
7/17/2013
Physicists from the University of York have carried out new research into how the heating effect of an experimental cancer treatment works. Magnetic hyperthermia is viewed as an attractive approach for the treatment of certain cancers as it has no known side effects compared to more conventional therapies such as chemotherapy...
High Intake Of Sugary Foods - New Data On Bowel Cancer Risk
7/17/2013
Sugary snacks increase the risk of bowel cancer, according to a new study published in the European Journal of Cancer Prevention. It is the first study of its kind to find a positive link between bowel cancer and high sugar and fat diets, the researchers told Medical News Today...
What Is Thalassemia? What Causes Thalassemia?
7/17/2013
Thalassemia is a group of inherited blood disorders that affect the body's ability to produce hemoglobin and red blood cells - patients have a lower-than-normal number of red blood cells in their bodies and too little hemoglobin. In many cases the red blood cells are too small. Our red blood cells carry hemoglobin...
The Adaptive Nature Of The Immune System Revealed By Surprise Finding
7/17/2013
Studies of patients with immunodeficiencies involving single gene mutations can reveal a great deal about our immune systems, especially when actual symptoms do not accord with clinical expectations. Australian scientists acknowledge such a gap between expectation and reality in a new study, which examines people with 'Autosomal Dominant Hyper IgE Syndrome'...
Largest Data Set Of Cancer-Related Genetic Variations Generated
7/17/2013
Scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have generated a data set of cancer-specific genetic variations and are making these data available to the research community, according to a study published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. This will help cancer researchers better understand drug response and resistance to cancer treatments...
How Breast And Ovarian Cancers Are Instigated By BRCA1 Mutation
7/17/2013
Scientists led by Drs. Mona Gauthier and Tak Mak at The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have solved a key piece in the puzzle of how BRCA1 gene mutations specifically predispose women to breast and ovarian cancers. The answer, says Dr...
The Global Burden Of Sickle Cell Anemia In Young Children Is Increasing
7/16/2013
The global burden of sickle cell anemia (SCA), a hereditary blood disorder, is increasing, with almost half a million babies estimated to be born with the condition in 2050, according to a study published in this week's PLOS Medicine...
Anti-Cancer Effects Found In Women Taking Every-Other-Day Aspirin
7/16/2013
Taking an aspirin every other day may help healthy women ward off colon cancer according to a new long-term study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Tuesday...
"Eat More Nuts" To Cut Risk Of Cancer And Heart Disease
7/16/2013
Nut-eaters reduce their risk of death from cancer and cardiovascular disease, according to a study published in the journal BMC Medicine. Researchers, who conducted an analysis of a PREDIMED nutrition trial based in Spain, analyzed more than 7,000 people aged between 55 and 90 years...